PRE-AP PIGGY BANK Flashcards

7536029669	Allegory	The device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning.	0
7536046901	Alliteration	The repitition of sounds, especially initial consonants in tow or more neighboring words	1
7537081726	Allusion	A direct or indirect reference to something which is presumably commonly known, such as an event, book, myth, place, or work of art.	2
7537100292	Ambiguity	The multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage	3
7537115395	Analogy	A similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them	4
7537127194	Anaphora	One of the devices of repetition, in which the same expression (word or words) is repeated at the beginning of two or more lines, clauses, or sentences.	5
7537139750	Anecdote	A short narrative detailing particulars of an interesting episode or event.	6
7537149572	Antecedent	The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun	7
7537159540	Antithesis	Figure of balance in which two contrasting ideas are intentionally juxtaposed, usually through parallel structure; a contrasting of opposing ideas in adjacent phrases, clauses, or sentences.	8
7537181283	Atmosphere	the emotional mood created by the entirety of a literary work, established party by setting and partly by the author's choice of objects the tare described	9
7537264999	Chiasmus	a figure of speech in which two successive phrases or clauses are parallel in syntax, but reverse the order of analogous words	10
7537276681	Clause	a grammatical unit that contains both a subject and a verb	11
7537293099	Colloquial/colloquialism	the use of slang or informalities in speech or writing	12
7537322850	Connotation	The nonliteral associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning	13
7537328329	Denotation	The strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color	14
7537337657	Diction	Related to style, the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their correctness, clearness, or effectiveness	15
7537350132	Didactic	having the primary aim of teaching or instructing, especially the teaching of moral or ethical principles.	16
7537364981	Expletive	Figure of emphasis in which a single word or short phrase, usually interrupting normal speech, is used to lend emphasis to the words on either side of the expletive	17
7537382330	Euphemism	a more agreeably or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept	18
7537393744	Exposition	In essays, one of the four chief types of composition, the others being argumentation, description, and narration	19
7537408621	Genre	the major category into which a literary work fits	20
7537415955	Homily	This term literally means "sermon", but more informally, it can include any serious talk, speech, or lecture involving moral or spiritual advice	21
7537428602	Hyperbole	A figure of speech using deliberate exaggeration or overstatement	22
7548713885	Imagery	The sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arrows emotion, or represent abstractions.	23
7548724466	Invective	an emotionally violent, verbal denunciation or attach using strong, abusive language.	24
7548731199	Irony/Ironic	The contrast between what is stated explicitly and what is really meant.	25
7548738434	Juxtaposition	When two words, phrases, images, ideas are placed close together or side by side for comparison or contrast.	26
7548751019	Litotes	figure of thought in which a point is affirmed by negating its opposite	27
7548758470	Metaphor	A figure of speech using implied comparison of seemingly unlike things or the substitution of one for the other, suggesting some similarity.	28
7548771242	Mood	Deals with verbal units and a speaker's attitude.	29
7548782708	Onomatopoeia	A figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words	30
7548787394	Oxymoron	A figure os speech where the author groups apparently contradictory terms	31
7548796934	Paradox	A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity	32
7549127220	Parallelism	Grammatical or rhetorical framing of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs to give structural similarity.	33
7549135572	Parody	A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.	34
7549148407	Periodic sentence	A sentence that presents its central meaning in a main clause at the end.	35
7549153233	Personification	A figure of speech in which the author presents or describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions.	36
7549165575	Predicate adjective	One type of subject complement is an adjective, group of adjectives, or adjective clause that follows a linking verb.	37
7549173529	Predicate nominative	A second type of complement- a noun, group of nouns, or noun clause that names the subject.	38
7549178445	Prose	One of the major divisions of genre, refers to fiction and non-fiction, including all its forms.	39
7549185797	Rhetoric	Describes the principles governing the art of writing effectively, eloquently, and persuasively.	40
7549195138	Sarcasm	Involves bitter, caustic language that is meant to hurt or ridicule someone or something.	41
7549202938	Satire	A work that targets human vice and follies or social institutions and conventions for reform or ridicule.	42
7549210967	Subject complement	The word or clauses that follows a linking verb and complements, or completes the subject of the sentence by either renaming it or describing it.	43
7549220594	Subordinate clause	Word group containing both a subject and verb, but cannot stand alone.	44
7549228278	Syntax	The way an author chooses to join words into phrases, clauses, and sentences.	45
7549241724	Tone	Describes the authors attitude toward his material, the audience, or both.	46
7549247256	Transition	A word or phrase that links different ideas.	47
7549251999	Understatement	The ironic minimizing of fact, presents something as less significant than it is.	48
7549256278	Undertone	An attitude that may lie under the ostensible tone of the piece.	49